Classifications

• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
  • D06F73/00—Apparatus for smoothing or removing creases from garments or other textile articles by formers, cores, stretchers, or internal frames, with the application of heat or steam 

Definitions

• the invention relates to a method and a device for ironing clothes with sleeves - in particular shirts and blouses - by means of an ironing manikin according to the preambles of claims 1 and 2.
• the inflatable bags are preferably made of the same material as the inflatable bag. If the garment is now positioned on the ironing manikin and the air flow is activated, the inflatable bag and the flaps are flowed through simultaneously and simultaneously by the air. The inflatable bag then inflates due to the air flow. The inflatable bag then lies against the inside of the garment. The flaps, however, lie on the cuffs of the garment from the outside. Since the flaps are also traversed by the drying air, the cuffs are dried from the inside through the inflatable bag and from the outside through the flaps.
• the sleeves can also be smoothed by directly or indirectly stiffening the inflatable bag in the area of the sleeve ends.
• direct bracing is meant that the inflatable bag is braced itself.
• Indirect bracing is to be understood as a bracing which is realized by means of an additional part on the inflatable bag - again only in the sleeve area of the garment. All of these stiffeners have the advantage that they can be realized in a simple manner.
• this stiffening can be arranged either only in the area of the cuff or only between the cuff and the shoulder area of the garment (ie above the cuff) or in both areas.
• This stiffening can be present in the material of the inflatable bag.
• rigid materials knitted into the inflatable bag are conceivable.
• the inflatable bag is - at least selectively - soaked with liquids, which then give the inflatable bag the necessary stability after it has hardened.
• the stiffening is made air-permeable. As a result, the drying air can flow through the garment in the area of the bracing and thus dry. If small holes with sufficiently small diameters are made in the bracing, the bracing is sufficiently stable, air can flow through it and the inflatable bag cannot push through the holes and thereby deform the garment.
• a special form of stiffening is the attachment of a stiffening part to the inflatable bag.
• This stiffening part will be referred to below as a slotted spoon.
• this slotted spoon serves to stiffen the inflatable bag in the area of the slit in the garment above the cuff and has the shape of a spoon; rather the shape of a shoehorn. A widening of this slot by the inflatable bag is no longer possible.
• the slotted spoon when the ironing manikin is operated with a stream of drying air from the inside, the slotted spoon should preferably be permeable to air, for example by means of holes.
• the slotted spoon or generally the stiffening can also be made air-impermeable.
• this slotted spoon In order for this slotted spoon to get its hold on the inflatable bag, at least one of its ends can engage in a flap - which is sewn on the inflatable bag, for example. With this tab, relative movements between the slotted spoon and the inflatable bag can be better compensated because the slotted spoon can slide in the tab.
• the slotted spoon can be attached directly to the inflatable bag with at least one end, for example by gluing. It goes without saying that such a slotted spoon has two ends that both fastening options are combined.
• the slotted spoon can be attached or glued to the inflatable bag on the inside or outside.
• the garment cuff is held while ironing. This gives it a better fit and is smoothed more reliably. It is particularly practical if a clamp is detachably or firmly molded onto the slotted spoon for this purpose. Since the clamp grips the outside of the cuff, it is also partial - regardless of whether the drying air flow comes from outside or inside - if it is permeable to air, so that drying is not hindered by external parts. The air permeability can in turn be achieved by means of holes.
• air permeability is deliberately prevented. Since the end face of the lower end of the inflatable bag part, which is located in the sleeve of the garment, has no drying tasks, it is advantageous if, during operation of the manikin with an air stream from inside, no valuable drying air emerges from the end face.
• a tensioning mechanism can be arranged in the inflatable bag in the area of the cuff.
• This clamping mechanism then expediently consists, for example, of two clamping jaws which are supported on one another by a spring.
• Figure 1 a part of a temple manikin and a garment with a stiffener in the area of a cuff
• Figure 2 A view as in Figure 1, but with an additional stiffening (a slotted spoon) in the area above the cuff
• FIG. 3 a view as in FIG. 2, but with a clamp molded onto the slotted spoon
• FIG. 4 a cross section through the area of a cuff with a tensioning mechanism for the cuff.
• a stiffening of the inflatable bag 7 can be seen in the area of a buttonable cuff 3 of a garment 2.
• This stiffening represents the function of a cuff smoothing device 1.
• the stiffening of the cuff smoothing tool 1 has made it impervious to air. Therefore, it is provided with air holes 9 so that the air flow can also dry the cuff 3.
• the lower end of the inflatable bag (here on the left in the picture) has an air-impermeable area 14 so that valuable drying air cannot escape unused.
• This area of the sleeve is characterized by a slit in the fabric.
• the overlapping material in the area of the slit is also called transition 21 in the professional world.
• the fabric underneath is called underlay 22.
• the outside, narrow, tapering (here right) fabric strip is referred to as trim 20. At least a double layer of fabric is thus created in area 12.
• FIG. 2 is intended to show a remedy for deformation in the area of the overlap 21 or underlap 22.
• stiffening in the form of a slotted spoon 11 has been used.
• This slotted spoon 11 is held at one end (here on the right) by means of a tab 10.
• This tab 10 is attached to the inflatable bag 7 with seams 8.
• the other end of the slot spoon 11 is fastened on the inflatable bag 7 in the vicinity of the sleeve 3.
• the bracing with the aid of the slotted spoon 11 also exerts a compressive force on the overlap 21 or the step 22, but since the slotted spoon 11 presses flatly and, owing to its rigidity, almost no curvature, there is no appreciable expansion of the said slot.
• the slotted spoon 11 is provided with a clamp 6.
• This clamp 6 is integrally formed on the slotted spoon 11 here. Since the slotted spoon 11 is arranged between the inflatable bag 7 and the garment 2 and the clamp 6 engages around the cuff 3, the cuff 3 held thereby and also shaped.
• the clamp 6 is also provided with air holes 9 for better air permeability.
• the cuff straightener 1 is no longer characterized in this exemplary embodiment by an additional stiffening in the area of the cuff 3. Nevertheless, one can also speak of a cuff straightener 1 here, since the inflated inflation bag 7 also has an exciting and thus smoothing effect.
• the inflatable bag 7 is permeable to air overall in the area of the garment 2.
• the air-impermeable area 14 on the end face of the inflatable bag 7 was emphasized by means of hatching compared to the previous figures.
• FIG. 4 The cross section shown in FIG. 4 is intended to illustrate a possible tensioning mechanism 16 for the cuff 3 of a garment 2. So that the elliptical lines do not merge, they have been clearly spaced apart. In reality, they are directly on top of each other.
• the cuff 3 is closed with a button 4.
• the inflatable bag 7 is located further inside. Two clamping jaws 17 press against the inflatable bag 7 from the inside. This force for the pressure results from a spring 18 which presses the guided jaws 17 apart.
• the jaws 17 do not fill the full circumference of the sleeve 3, but this is also not necessary for a satisfactory smoothing result.
• the clamping jaws 17 clamp the ellipse in the longitudinal direction
• the air flow in the inflatable bag 7 can nevertheless achieve a small curvature of the sleeve 3, but this then produces a considerable tangential clamping effect.
• the clamping jaws 17 do not block access to the cuff 3 for a drying air flow (if it comes from inside the inflatable bag), the clamping jaws 17 can be equipped with air holes 9.

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